TIME

There is a time for some things, and a time for all things.
There is a time for great things, and a time for small things..

Can we ever have too much of a good thing?

*some quotes from the library*

EASTER

jd inget waktu ngajar kemaren ini, menjelang easter ato paskah yang jatuh pada hari ini, anak" di kelas ngebuat dekorasi dan activity bertemakan EASTER, dan ga ketinggalan, salah satu tradisi easter adalah easter bunny and easter eggs tentunya...Semua senang, heboh, pdhl easter bunny nya jg biasa aja (mnrt g :P)..tapi emang itulah...anak" seneng..otomatis..kita jg seneng.....

ngomong" tau ga darimana asalnya Easter Bunny dan Easter eggs itu?

The easter bunny adalah simbol dari "pre-christian fertility lore" dan juga salah satu dari binatang yang dikenal sebagai simbol kemakmuran, kesuburan, dan kehidupan baru selama musim semi.

Asal muasal dijadiinnya bunny sbg simbol Easter itu dari Jerman, yg dipopulerkan pertama kali tahun 1500an, tapi easter bunny sendiri baru dibuat sekitar thn 1800an
Tradisi ini baru diperkenalkan di amrik selama perang dunia kedua.

Sedangkan easter eggs...dijadiin simbol easter jg karena telur melambangkan kemakmuran dan kehidupan baru. Tradisi adanya telur paskah ini biasanya dijadikan hiburan menghias telur juga.

Biasanya telur paskah ini dihias dengan warna" cerah, untuk melambangkan cahaya matahari sepanjang musim semi, ga jarang telur" ini dijadiin kado utk orang" yg kita sayangi, mirip"lah ama tradisi ngasih coklat di hari valentine...

Tradisi ngasih telur ini juga beda" di setiap negara. Di jerman misalnya, telur biasanya dikasih untuk anak" sebagai hadiah atas apa yg udah mereka lakukan sepanjang easter taon lalu sampe skrg, di yunani, telur dianggap sebagai lambang darah Yesus, di wilayah utara Inggris, anak" biasanya ngider utk nyari telur dan hadiah" laen, mirip ama Halloween, dinamain "Pace egging", begitu juga di Scotlandia. Yang unik adalah di Polandia, biasanya telur merupakan simbol utk menyatakan perasaan suka dari kaum perempuan utk laki", sedangkan di Finlandia, anak" berlomba bersama orang dewasa dan hadiahnya siapa yg menang adalah Telur....lucu juga yach?

wah, jadi inget waktu kecil dulu, tiap minggu Paskah, sibuk berlomba nyari telur paskah sebanyak"nya, dan ga jarang makan telur mpe sakit perut karena percaya telur paskah itu telur dari Tuhan :).sayang sekali tradisi Easter Bunny blm terlalu populer pada saat itu di Indonesia....

Simple...biasa...sederhana...tapi begitu indah pada masa itu..pdhl kalo dipikir" skrg ini..ya ampun, cuma telur doank gitu lho...

anyway...Happy Easter everyone...

hm...

lagi ga tau mo nulis apa nih...

ga mutu nih postingannya tp ga papa deh .....soale lagi ilang inspirasi nih...
hari ini g asli kesel beraaaaaaaat...hahaha...
ceritanya hari ini mo jalan" gitu deh. n berdasarkan info kalo ada bus. eee udah ditunggu" mayan lama taunya ga ada. mana panas lagi...hmm..udah ngebayangin minum pinacolada smoothiesnya gloria jean's nih...*slruuuup*
dasar....akhirnya diputuskan utk balik aja...

udah deh...sibuk nelp" buat delivery and gila...semua delivery bisanya malem ato ga ada delivery servicenya..bete bangeeeeeeeeeet.....

ya wes deh..akhirnya...dgn lemes masak ndiri deh..udah ga niat gitu soale udah ngebayangin 'makan enak' *hahahahaha*...n setelah makan diputuskan utk tidur! kebo bgt ga sih? ga papa deh sekali" abis emang udah kesel dan (istilah temen g) mati gaya kitanya..

dan kesimpulannya..i think i have to move from this city...udah males gitu...mirip kota mati..sbnrnya cinta jg sih ama kota ini ..at least i got something from here...banyak maunya ato emang kenyataannya bagus buat g utk pindah? masih mikir" lagi nih...

kalo kata temen g...ngeliat g complaint terus gini dia jd ikutan sedih :) dan merasa g tuh ga menikmati sekali di sini....emang bener gitu ato cuma pendapat dia aja?

jd inget temen g pernah ngomong gini...gimana mo tau apa maunya kalo kenal diri ndiri aja blm? you have to know how to treat yourself first, sometimes..we don't know ourself like other people do...we need others for that..

Dogma

salah satu hal yg paling kita takutin dulu dan udah jadi rahasia umum kalo pelajaran matematika itu nyeremin.

biasa banget ga sich kalo org bilang...wah si A pinter yach, pasti kebanyakan yang dimaksud adalah kalo orang pinter itu pasti pinter salah satunya adalah pinter matematika. kalo pinter nulis ato bahasa jarang banget dibilang pinter...(*pasti banyak sebagian kita yang dulu milih jurusan eksak di sma dan 'merasa harus' ngambil jurusan yg sama ato mirip" waktu kuliah --> gengsi donk masa masuk ekonomi, HI, hukum ato apalah itu yg masih terus dianggap" orang" sbg jurusan 'buangan'*)pdhl org pinter itu bisa dlm hal macem". Kalo kata g sih itu bukan dogma mati kok...cuma itu apa yg udah ada di kepala sejak dulu....

tau ga kalo skrg bukan MBA lagi favorit yg dicari org buat kerja? skrg org lebih nyari yg namanya MFA alias master of fun arts sbg top demand utk di hire jd employee......

as one of my lecturers said, MBA is good because they know and they are good in numbers, solving problems with numbers in that. but ...they forget about CREATIVITY. they know the fastest, the exact way to solve the problems, but..they don't know how the problems should be solved. It is not the destination, it is the journey...

begitu juga halnya anak" skrg..mereka ngeliat matematika tuh sbg momok nyeremin buat mereka.

satu waktu...ada percakapan seperti ini..

"lagi ngapain nih?"
si anak menjawab..."lagi buat PR"

bertanyalah lagi..
"PR apa??"

si anak..dengan agak cemberut...menjawab "PR matematika"

ditanggapi seperti ini .."wow..sounds great. I like maths..that must be really special homework"

tau apa reaksi anak itu?? dia ngejawab lagi..

"do you think so?? I don't like maths. I don't know why we should do maths"

hm...sejenak terkejut dan hmm pause sesaat...lalu bertanya lagi...
"emangnya kenapa kamu bisa berpikir seperti itu"?

si anak menjawab dengan jawaban yg hmm agak" lucu tp sekaligus bisa dijadikan masukan
"gurunya aja ga seneng, apalagi kita? gimana mo seneng kalo gurunya ga pernah tersenyum waktu ngajar? mungkin aja emang susah n nyebelin maths ini"

hm....g mpe diem, mikir lagi...apa sebegitu seremnya matematika yach? sejak dulu emang persepsi ini udah ada....sejak dulu....dan susah buat ngerubahnya...pasti bisa tapi butuh waktu...

hmm..waktu lagi baby sitting kemaren" ini...one of the poems in the room caught my eyes and hmm it's just an ordinary poem but somehow i like it...it made me smile :)
it's simply just a poem...maybe it'll make u smile or even laugh perhaps?

I'm Special...a poem of self-worth..

I'm special
In all the world there's nobody like me

Since the beginning of time, there was never been another person like me
Nobody has my smile,
Nobody has my eyes, my nose, my hair, my hands, my voice, and my smell :)
I'm special..

Nobody anywhere has my tastes for food, for music, or asts
No one sees things just as I do

In all of time, there has been no one who laughs like me, no one who cries like me
And what makes me laugh and cry will never provoke identical laughter and tears from anybody else, ever!!!

No one reacts to any situation just as I would react, I'm special...

No one in the universe can reach the quality of my combination of talents, ideas, abilities, and feelings.
Like a room full of musical instruments, some may excel alone, but more can match the symphony sound when they are all played together...

Through all of eternity no one will ever look, talk, walk, or think like me
I'm special, I'm rare.........

I'm special
And I'm beginning to realise it's no accident that I'm special
I'm beginning to see that God made me special for a very special purpose
He must have a job for me that no one else can do as well as I

Out of all the billions of applicants,
only one is qualified, only one has the right combination of what it takes
That one is me...
Because...I'm special..

simple..but 'deep'...don't u think so? salah satu 'jurus' ngerayu aisyah kalo lagi ga bisa diatur entah itu...cengeng or malesnya kambuh :)...namanya juga baby :P

and..for someone out there...thx 4 making me feel so special...... IOU & ILUA :-X

Harmony Day ...you + me = us....

Harmony Day...biasanya dirayain tiap tgl 21 maret tiap taon sejak taon 1998 di Australia..untuk ngerespek dan mencoba utk menjelaskan kalo mereka nerima semua komunitas dari manapun itu...dengan segala perbedaan dan keunikan masing".


"Harmony Day, a date that coincides with the United Nations' International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination. Events are held throughout Australia around this day to celebrate and foster harmony withincommunities.
The initiative focuses on what unites Australians, emphasising common values and respect, rather than differences. To mark this day, people are encouraged to wear orange, the national Harmony Day colour..."

and...today...we had our own harmony day celebration...including traditional australian dance, chinese dance, japanese dance, bla bla bla and of course dunks..indonesian dance ....jaipongan gitu deh...

woa....seruu...ada bbrp student yg make baju traditional gitu deh...mewakili negara masing" termasuk akuuuu dengan baju kebayaku...hehehe....

heboh bgt..persis fashion show (emang namanya international dress fashion show sih hahaha)

beda kali ya kalo make baju traditional kita di negara orang...jd kangen rumah deh....and the good side is..they really appreciate the diversity...

hal yg bisa diambil dari acara ini...it's nice to live in peace and harmony together..it doesn't mean that u're black or white so..u ain't my friend....

alangkah enaknya yach kalo kita bisa bareng bersama tanpa adanya perbedaan...semua sama...sama" manusia yg nerima segala kelebihan serta kekurangan..yg buat perbedaan jg manusia sendiri kan? unity in diversity...sounds great...

tambahin lagi ah...jd pengen ngasih lagu Bill Withers ini...kayaknya cocok utk buat kita mikir alangkah enaknya kalo bisa bersama tanpa adanya curiga, ga percaya, ato apapun yg ngebuat ketidakharmonisan itu terjadi..

Sometimes in our lives we all have pain
We all have sorrow
But if we are wise
We know that there's always tomorrow

Lean on me, when you're not strong
And I'll be your friend
I'll help you carry on
For it won't be long
'Til I'm gonna need
Somebody to lean on

Please swallow your pride
If I have things you need to borrow
For no one can fill those of your needs
That you don't let show

Lean on me, when you're not strong
And I'll be your friend
I'll help you carry on
For it won't be long
'Til I'm gonna need
Somebody to lean on

If there is a load you have to bear
That you can't carry
I'm right up the road
I'll share your load
If you just call me

So just call on me brother, when you need a hand
We all need somebody to lean on
I just might have a problem that you'd understand
We all need somebody to lean on

Lean on me when you're not strong
And I'll be your friend
I'll help you carry on
For it won't be long
Till I'm gonna need
Somebody to lean on

hmmmmm...setelah lama ga ngerasain harmony in my day, senangnya bisa ngerayain harmony day bareng org" baru...temen"...it helps a bit...

Re-born, Birth, or Death????

birth or death? there was a birth, certainly
we had evidence and no doubt. i had seen birth and death
but had thought they were different; this birth was hard and bitter agony for us...

before me floats and image, mad or shade
shade more than man, more image than shade
for hades' bobbin bound in mummy-cloth
may unwind the winding path
i call it death-in-life and life-in death.....

reborn? perhaps...birth...i was born and i live as i never live before..
death? i'm dead for so many times..and ackwardly...it is what's happened to me recently...

so again..thanks to 'u' who taught me how to 'live'...much appreciated!!!
..and now..as i open my door..i see...i am REBORN.......

kyk posting g kemaren..kita kadang emang mesti nyiapin utk hal" terburuk yg mungkin terjadi kapanpun..

new environment..new semester..new friends...new things happens..seru jg y...

byk kejadian seru, fun, heboh dan nyebelin sekaligus kejadian belakangan ini dlm hari" g. and i'm thankful for that...

hal paling seru so far di rumah baru ini :)terjadi kemaren pagi..

kamar g ampir kemasukan maling..walah! n tragisnya..g ada di kamar itu. mo marah ga coba?

pagi"...around 8 am...i was in bed..actually i was awake at 6...since i had no classes today..so..i decided to stay in bed for a little while...

hm terus..ada suara org jalan gitu. g cuek aja. kirain temen rumah ku :) ee taunya kok makin deket yach suaranya...

begitulah akhirnya...ada org mencoba masuk ke kamar g. dia udah ngelangkah n ngintip2 gitu..en begitu dia ngeliat g...langsung ngabur deh dia...

g sempet binun gitu...ini g mimpi ato bukan? soale jendela udah dibongkar abis itu..makanya dia bisa masuk...

first time in mylife deh di interogasi polisi, di kasih no reference kalo ado apa2, n g mesti ke kantor polisi utk ngeliat foto" tersangka sapa tau g kenal ciri"nya, mesti ikutan test and check finger print...walah...quite busy day...

it's not a good introduction and welcoming for me kata polisinya :) tapi..it brings something for me. bad or good things happen beyond our expectation bgt kan? bersiap" mungkin hal yg klise tp ampuh wlp seringkali kita lupa akan itu...jd begitu kejadian baru deh ber ooo ooo ooo ....human nature sekali...... :)

magic in everyday things..

i went to mushrooming over the hill
on a morning clear as thrushes' song...
i brought my bucket back empty....
but my five senses were filled to the brim..
by the overflowing day

hm...everyday things is magic!! believe it or not..it's like a two way street...just as we think we see enough...but at the same time..we realized that we've missed something worth seeing..

and sometimes...just seeing things silently together is enough..

pf: pa" un.....i wish ma" gor could follow ur words..thank u 4 ev'thing :)

masuk ke lingkungan baru ga selalu berarti jelek lho

udah seminggu ini g nempatin rumah baru. tanpa kenal satu orgpun di dlmnya. binun dan kagok pertama kali masuk juga...

tp as time goes..belom seminggu..ternyata asyik2 aja di sono. dan lucu bgt. dari 7 org yg ada di sana..3 org yg nempatin kamar berdeketan, including me :) udah jd org plg ribut di rumah so far paling sering ngobrol... kita yg bareng" susah tidur kalo malem, beres" kamar bareng, n belajar bareng. hahahaha....lucu jg yach. pdhl blm jg seminggu hmm hari ini persis seminggu kenal ama mereka...

wlp blm tau byk ttg mereka...it's nice to know new environment, to know new people..and to share our experience..